On Simoom we hear three of Vierk's works for "big instruments," that is, multiples of the same instrument, treated more like single entities than like groups of voices: Go Guitars for five electric guitars tuned microtonally around "E," Cirrus for six trumpets, and Simoom for eight cellos. All three works employ what Vierk describes as "Exponential Structure," which utilizes exponential relationships to control time, pitch movement and rates of change. Within this system, Vierk creates very directional compositions possessing high energy. As in Gagaku, they unfold slowly. Although clearly building on the work of minimalist composers, Vierk's music is much more concerned with constant development and climax.

This disc offers virtuoso performances by David Seidel, electric guitar; Gary Trosclair, trumpet; and Theodore Mook, cello.

The press has called these pieces "genuinely exciting" - New York Times; "a riotous, ecstatic, upbeat and technically sophisticated celebration of the electric guitar sound-not rock, but full of rock's energy and relevance" -Los Angeles Herald Examiner; "intense investigations of one particular instrument . . . raw beauty which was both provocative and accessible" - EAR Magazine